Victoria Jacobsen

Fort Wayne

Sports Writer at The Journal Gazette

High school and other sports for The Journal Gazette (@JGfortwayne). I get paid to watch other people exercise. Send story ideas/tips to [email protected]

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High School Roundup: Bishop Dwenger claims softball sectional

6 days ago | journalgazette.net | Victoria Jacobsen

Bishop Dwenger claimed its first sectional softball title since 2021 and its 14th overall with a 9-3 win over East Noble in the Class 3A DeKalb Sectional championship on Saturday. The Saints (18-9) scored five runs in the third inning and led 7-0 before the Knights (19-8-1) scored three runs in the sixth. Bishop Dwenger's Lydia Garrett went 3-for-4 at the plate with a double and three runs scored.
Carroll, Homestead girls tennis teams fall at semistate; Chargers doubles teams remain undefeated

6 days ago | journalgazette.net | Victoria Jacobsen

Back in 2024, the Carroll Chargers beat Penn 3-2 to win a semistate title and advance to the state finals. On Saturday, the No. 15 Kingsmen returned the favor, beating No. 9 Carroll 3-2 in one of two Homestead Semistate championship matches on Saturday. The No. 19 Spartans also saw their run in the team state tournament come to an end, falling 5-0 to No. 4 Westfield. "We knew this was going to be a 3-2 match.
New Haven boys add on to historic track and field season, claim first regional title

1 week ago | journalgazette.net | Victoria Jacobsen

Heading into the Carroll Boys Track and Field Regional on Thursday, New Haven coach Larry Stemmler figured the team title would be a three-way race between the Bulldogs, Carroll and Yorktown, with Homestead also in the mix. But it didn't turn out to be a close race after all.
High School roundup: Carroll, Homestead win softball sectional titles

1 week ago | journalgazette.net | Victoria Jacobsen

Carroll scored five runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to trigger the 10-run rule and beat Snider 10-0 in five innings in the Class 4A Carroll Sectional softball final on Wednesday. Carroll senior pitcher Emilia Garcia allowed two hits and struck out three. The Chargers (22-5-1), who won their fourth straight sectional title and 10th all time, had 11 hits, none of them for extra bases, and sophomore Alexis Pee went 3 for 3 with one run scored.
Homestead claims fifth straight regional crown

1 week ago | journalgazette.net | Victoria Jacobsen

BLUFFTON – Homestead took care of business on the road Wednesday, beating Manchester 5-0 to claim a fifth straight regional title. That means the No. 19 Spartans get to go back home, where they will play host to two semistate championship matches on Saturday morning. "We've battled through some injuries, so it's been kind of a bumpy road, but this is five in a row, so we feel good about that," Homestead coach Michael Hower said.
High School roundup: Eastside, Central Noble advance to Prairie Heights Sectional finals

1 week ago | journalgazette.net | Victoria Jacobsen

Class 2A No. 5 Eastside beat Prairie Heights 7-1 and Central Noble beat Churubusco 4-7 in the Prairie Heights Sectional semifinals Tuesday, setting up a clash between the Blazers and the Cougars in Thursday's championship match. The Blazers (22-6) scored four runs in the first inning and held Prairie Heights (9-18) scoreless until the sixth despite 10 Panthers hits.
Carroll wins six events as Chargers claim their third straight regional title

1 week ago | journalgazette.net | Victoria Jacobsen

Carroll's Adelle Schlotterback had already had plenty of reason to celebrate at the Carroll Girls Track and Field Regional on Tuesday evening. The senior had run legs on Carroll's victorious 4x100 and 4x400 relays, and had claimed the 300 hurdles title, setting a personal record. But after she and her teammates lifted the team trophy – something they've now done on their home track three years in a row – the tears still flowed.
DeKalb softball sectional

1 week ago | journalgazette.net | Victoria Jacobsen

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Bishop Dwenger beats Leo for first time since 2014 with walk-off HBP in sectional opener

1 week ago | journalgazette.net | Victoria Jacobsen

WATERLOO – Abby Gillespie's Bishop Dwenger teammates call her "Bullseye" – or, at least, they will now. With the Saints and Leo Lions tied with two outs and the bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh inning, the senior second baseman stepped up to the plate and was promptly plunked just above the left elbow, forcing in a run to give Bishop Dwenger a 2-1 victory in the Class 3A DeKalb Sectional opener.
Homestead falls to Fishers in inaugural boys volleyball regional title match

1 week ago | journalgazette.net | Victoria Jacobsen

PERU – Homestead's run in the inaugural IHSAA boys volleyball state tournament came to an end on Saturday evening as the Spartans fell to Fishers 3-0 in the Peru Regional championship match, 25-16, 25-19, 25-22. "This is a tough game. The team across the net is a strong team," Homestead coach Jacob Allred said. "I think they recognized how much we've progressed in the last three years. We played Fishers two years ago, and it was not even close.